Cable-clamp.



PATENTBD JAN. 1 1907.

v P. B. COOK.

. CABLE CLAMP. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 10, 1903.

" parallel .cables.

FRANK B. COOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CABLECLAMP.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

Application filed October 10, 1903. Serial No. 176,457-

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, FRANK B. 000K, a citi zen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Imrovement in Cable-Clamps, of which the ollowing is a specification.

My invention contemplates an improved clamp of general utility. p

More specifically considered, it is adapted more especially for use in clamping metallic cablessuch as electrical conductors, &c.-

and is of such character as to clamp upon a plurality of such cables. It further contemplates 5 an improved clamp of this character adapted to clamp upon and hold cables of different sizes or diameters.

j The nature and advantages of my invention will, however, hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clamp constructed in accordance with the rinciples of my invention,

the same being c amped upon a couple of Fig. 2 is a plan of the clamp and cables shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on line 3 3 in Fig; 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the jaws or movable members of said clamp.

As thus illustrated my improved clamp comprises a pair of jaws or cooperating clamping members A and B, adapted to be :drawn together by the' action of the nuts C on the clamping-bolts D, which latter extend through the two jaws at points preferably midwaybetween the cables 1 and 2. The jaw B is referabl-y formed with square openings b, a apted toreceive the square portions (1 of the said bolts, the olygonal formation preventing the latter om. turning. The said jaw is also provided at each side of its longitudinal center line with an inner row of teeth I) and also at a point each side of said line with an outer row of teeth 5 As will be observed, the teeth I) at one side of the jaw alternate relatively to the teeth 6 of the other side, and in a similar manner the teeth b have a staggered or alternate ar; angement relatively to the adjacent tee-tn Z7 at both sides of the jaw. Preferably certain of the teeth are provided on their inner faces with small projections 6 The other jaw A can be a duplicate of the jaw B in every respect. When turned face to face, however, as illustrated, it will be seen that the'teeth b of. one

jaw alternate or mesh with the like teeth of the other jaw, and in a similar manner the teeth b of one jaw have a staggered or alternate arrangement relatively to'th'e like .teeth on the other aw. In this way when the jaws are connected by the clamping-bolts the teeth of one jaw can be brought between the teeth of the other jaw, or the two jaws can be separated to an extent to separate the teeth, more or less, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In other words, the staggered arrangement of the teeth of one jaw relatively to the teeth of the other jaw permits of considerable variation in the size or diameters of the cables to be held. The jaws will clamp upon cables of quite small diameter fully as well and just as effectively as they will clamp upon and hold cables of larger diameter, and at this juncture it will be seen that the toothed formation of the jaws not only in itself insures a tight grip on the cables, but that this grip is made somewhat more effective by the presence of the sharp oints b on the inner surface of the teeth. hese sharp points, together. with the toothed formation of the jaw-faces, enable the clamp to securely hold the cables with considerably less pressure than wouldbe the case were these features not present, although it-will of course be understood that the clamp is of value and utility aside from the specific features and that these features-to wit, the toothed formation of the jaws and the sharp points can be changed or modified in var ous ways without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The V-shaped clamping grooves X are efranged to form parallel V-shaped channels thereon extending lengthwise of the clamp and adapted to receive the cables the teeth at one side of each channel alternating with the teeth at the other side thereof, and bolts orthe like extending through the jaws beg 2 seek/rt tween and inaline'parallelwiththesaid chanwhen the jaws are placed together, projecr 5 nels, to clamp the cables in the said channels. tions 1) b on the inner surfaces of the teeth 3 2. A cable-clamp or the like, comiiiising 'a b b ada tedtto embed themselves inthe capair of jaws A and B, inner rows of teth b b" bles, an bolts D D, or the like, extending and outer rows of teeth b b on each jaw, all through the jaws A and B midwaj between of the rows of teeth being parallel and exand in a line'parallel with the said'channels, 2o

tending lengthwise ofthe clam-p, each inner to clamp the cables in the said channels. row of teeth I) and its corresponding outer Signed by me at Chicago, Cook county,

row of teeth I) forming a V- shaped groove Illinois, this 8th day of October, 1903.

or channel ada ted to receive acable or the a like, the inner t eet'h b for each channel alter- FRANK COOK nating with the outer teeth 12 and the teeth Witnesses:

of each channel on one jaw alternating with A. F. DURAND, the corresponding teeth on the other jaw, WM. A. HARDERS. 

